So by now you all know Pirate Caroline is spending the first two months of her 2018 lounging about a luxury yacht on the passage of a lifetime. I, on the other hand, have two months full of business travel (and alas, I am not a professional sailor). That said, some of my destinations have…
If you’re hiding skeletons in your wet locker tonight, watch out! You may hear your engine start, your dock lines hacked, and the heron calls turned to raven cries. It’s Halloween. So beware that the dead may come alive in your cockpit to take you out to sea.
July 3 – Severe thunderstorms in the Annapolis area. That changes our plans of making Margherita Bruschetta in Round Bay while we would typically be watching the Sherwood Forest fireworks on the hook with 40 or so other boats. It’s Annapolis’ pre-game to the 4th of July celebration. No problem, I’ll just wait for my…
(a Galley Pirates’ dinner in need of a more provocative name. Suggestions?) The spaghetti squash. Oval, smooth, plain, practically indestructible. You can keep it in a locker for weeks. Bang it around all you want. You can date it with a Sharpie, name it, float it as your crab trap buoy, whatever you want. Gourd…
It’s one of those rainy days where you’re cozed up in the cabin, in need of comfort food and a good book. And there happen to be four over-ripe bananas hanging in your galley. Stop. WAIT!! Did you say bananas?? Are you crazy? Every sailor knows that bananas on board a vessel are bad news;…
On a recent raft up with Upward Wing I was tasked with making a side dish, while my co-pirate, Kristin, delivered the entree, Grilled Marinated Flank Steak. The destination: St. Michaels. When your boat’s doing this: Your galley stove’s doing this:
I woke up the other morning craving fried eggplant. That’s never happened to me before. Probably not to you either. Maybe it was because I had a beautiful globe eggplant in my galley from the Annapolis Farmer’s Market. Along with tomatoes, onions and peppers. So it was time to get creative.
An unexpected warm fuzzy onboard: easy, homemade bread. You can make this from scratch (knock yourself out in the doldrums), but if you’re fast under way or pressed for time, try Fleischmann’s Simply Homemade No Knead Bread Mix.
You can tell it’s summer when you see fresh Thai basil sneaking into asian cuisine. Grab it when it’s plentiful. It won’t last all summer. Here’s a quick easy recipe for classic Thai chicken with basil for 4. Traditionally you should use Thai cayenne peppers, but if you can’t find them serrano peppers will do.…
Nothing beats a fresh tomato salad in the summertime. This salad is a new twist on the Caprese salad, replacing mozzarella with parmesan. Parmesan cheese will last much longer on a boat, refrigerated or not, than almost any cheese.